On Tue, 4 May 2004, UB Listserv Administrator wrote: >For me, from time to time archive editing is absolutely necessary, and an >easier web-based method of doing it would be beneficial. I can see the >concern that an overzealous listowner would be erasing email history, but >policies and practices aside, we are talking about improving a method of >something that is possible to begin with, so I'm all for forward progress. >At least on a sysadmin level if not the list owner level. Plus the more >'by email only' things L-Soft can take and port to the web, it gives them >that much more of a competitive product. The ideal situation is never to need to remove an item from an archive. That's the entire purpose of an archive; its a record. Making it easier to tamper with a record of communications is a step backwards; not forwards in my humble opinion.